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Hebrew and Chewa


Chewa and Hebrew


Countries

Countries
Israel  
Malawi, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Israel  
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Second Language
Israel  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Poland  
Zambia  

Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
  • The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  

Similar To
Arabic and Aramaic languages  
Zulu language  

Derived From
Aramaic Language  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
22  
4
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
0  
5  
2

How Many Consonants
22  
12
18  
8

Scripts
Hebrew  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
32 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
שלום (Shalom)  
Moni  

Thank You
תודה (Toda)  
Zikomo  

How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)  
Muli bwanji?  

Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)  
Usiku wabwino  

Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)  
Madzulo abwino  

Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)  
Masana abwino  

Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)  
M'mawa wabwino  

Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)  
Chonde  

Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)  
pepani  

Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)  
anatsanzikana  

I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)  
Ndimakukondani  

Excuse Me
בבקשה!  
Pepani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew  
Kasungu  

Where They Speak
Israel  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
9,200,000.00  
38
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew  
Kikamtunda  

Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
38
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew  
Kimaravi  

Where They Speak
Israel  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
30
1,200,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.00 million  
99+
12.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
4.40 million  
99+
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.60 million  
99+
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)  
Nyanja  

Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit  
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa  

French Name
hébreu  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  

German Name
Hebräisch  
Nyanja-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]  
[ˈtʃewa]  

Ethnicity
Hebrew-speaking people  
Chewa people  

History

Origin
1000 BC  
15th Century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Canaanitic  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew  
Chewa  

Language Position
23  
21
27  
25

Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew  
Chewa Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
he  
ny  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
heb  
nya  

ISO 639 2/B
heb  
nya  

ISO 639 3
heb  
nya  

ISO 639 6
heb  
nya  

Glottocode
hebr1246  
nyan1308  

Linguasphere
12-AAB-a  
99-AUS-xaa – xag  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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All Hebrew and Chewa Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Hebrew and Chewa dialects. Various dialects of Hebrew and Chewa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Hebrew are spoken in different Hebrew Speaking Countries whereas Chewa Dialects are spoken in different Chewa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Hebrew vs Chewa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Hebrew dialects include: Ashkenazi Hebrew, Samaritan Hebrew. Chewa dialects include: Kasungu , Kikamtunda. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Hebrew and Chewa Speaking population

Hebrew and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hebrew and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Hebrew and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hebrew language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Hebrew and Chewa on Hebrew vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hebrew and Chewa Language Codes

Hebrew and Chewa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Hebrew and Chewa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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